Sorry it's taken a while to update this one. I was going to give up on this, but I'm pushing on.
Hope you like this chapter.
Mike was smiling all the way through training. If this was love, he didn't know why he hadn't tried it before. It seemed to be freaking everyone out.
"You know you can't smile like that when I hit the Attitude Adjustment." John Cena grinned as he walked past. Mike shook his head and followed him.
"I feel like…I don't know."
"You never do!" John chuckled, dodging a slap from Mike.
"Ok, I'll see you later." Mike said, going to shower.
Following his shower, Mike walked out of training and looked at his cell phone messages. One was from John Morrison.
Lover boy. Do you need a ride to the airport tomorrow morning? Shaman of Sexy
Mike replied yes and looked at the next message. It was from Holly.
Meet me in catering 2pm – bad news – Holly x
"Is that your girl?" a familiar voice asked.
"As a matter of fact yes. We're together now." Mike grinned, turning to face the person - Adam "Edge" Copeland.
"You obviously haven't heard the news…" Adam walked away.
Mike decided against getting into an argument with him. He threw his bag over his shoulder and walked back to his locker room. Randy was there.
"Hey Mike." He said, taping his wrist up.
"Randy." Mike acknowledged his friend.
"You up against John tonight?" Randy looked up.
"Yeah, we were just training." Mike replied.
Mike was trying to piece together Holly's message with what Adam had said.
"I'm going down to catering." He said, exiting the locker room.
Holly was sat on a table, nursing a mug of coffee. She was wearing a lilac hooded top with white jogging pants and grey trainers. Her hair was in a ponytail. She waved at Mike to come over.
"Hey babe." He smiled, kissing her cheek.
"Mike…" she sighed.
"Have you been crying?" he asked, concerned.
"I don't want to leave you." She sobbed.
"You only just got here!"
"No, I'm going…"
"Going where?" Mike asked, holding her close to him.
"Australia." She finished.
"Why are you going to Australia?" Mike asked, unable to process his thoughts.
"They want to send me to Australia with Edge for the promotion."
"How long?"
"Three weeks." She wept.
For once, Mike was speechless. He noticed how upset Holly was about this. At that moment he wanted to kill a certain tall blonde Canadian.
"Are you gonna…dump me?" Holly sniffed, gripping her coffee mug.
"No way. I love you." Mike replied, wrapping her in an embrace.
"It's just me and him, no one else." She explained.
"Interrupting?" John Morrison stood beside the table with his coffee.
"We were just…" Mike frowned.
"I'll go." John said.
"No, it's ok." Holly said, wiping her eyes.
"How can I make it better?" Mike asked, stroking her face.
"You can't." she shook her head.
"Edge has a lot to answer for." John mumbled, sipping his coffee.
"I'll call you when I can." Holly said tearfully.
"I might get a few days off. I'll fly out to see you."
"All the way to Australia?" the brunette gasped.
"I'll miss you so much." Mike whispered.
"I know." She replied.
"I'll leave you two alone." John said awkwardly.
Mike kissed Holly, pulling her closer to him.
"This looks cosy." It was Edge.
"Why can't you just get lost?" Mike snapped.
"Are you looking forward to our trip?" he asked Holly, ignoring Mike.
"What do you think?" she hissed.
"Ooh, a feisty one." Edge chuckled.
"I swear, you lay one finger on her…" Mike started.
"What? You'll give me a reality check?" the tall blonde shook his head.
"If he touches me, I'll kill him." Holly frowned.
"We all know that I'm the best superstar here." Edge leaned towards Mike.
"Is that right?" Mike asked, squaring up to him.
"Best superstar? Maybe. Best man? No." the diva shook her head.
"You think that he's a better man than me?" the Canadian seemed amused.
"He's ten times better." Holly replied.
The blonde man smirked, turning on his heels and walking out of catering.
Mike sighed, resting his chin on Holly's head. How could either of them go three weeks apart? At least he had his friends, but she had Edge.
"When do you leave?" Mike swallowed the lump in his throat.
"Tomorrow afternoon." She whispered, holding back tears.
"Oh." Mike said, or rather that was the sound that came from him.
They decided that this night should be spent together. If they were to be apart for three weeks, they should cherish the time they had. Mike took her for dinner and then they walked back to Mike's room. Holly used Mike as a pillow, while they pretended to watch some slushy TV movie.
Mike admired her beauty, not knowing when he'd see her next. It was like he thought that he might forget her, or discover she was just a dream.
"Holly."
"Mike?" she looked up at his face.
"I love you." He replied.
"I love you too." She whispered.
"Holly." He said again.
"Yeah?"
"This movie is awful."
Holly giggled, sitting up to face him.
"It is awful." She replied, turning off the TV.
"What now?" Mike asked.
"I have an idea." She smiled.
"What?"
Holly grinned, kissing him and pushing him towards the bed.
He tried to memorise everything. Her touch, her scent, her kiss…
"I like your idea." He mumbled as she removed his t-shirt.
The following morning, Mike and Holly ate breakfast in silence. It was seemed real now. In a few hours she would be on a plane to Australia.
"Is there anything you wanna do?" Mike asked, holding her hand.
"No, I'm just enjoying being with you." She replied, smiling.
"I got you something." He grinned, handing her a black velvet wallet.
"Oh, I love it." Holly grinned as she admired the silver locket.
"I have one too." Mike said, opening his to reveal a picture of Holly.
She opened hers to reveal a picture of Mike.
"This is so…"
"Soppy?" Mike finished.
"Romantic." She said, holding her hair up so that he could attach her locket.
Mike leaned in for a kiss. Holly happily obliged, wrapping her arms around his neck.
At the airport, Mike and Holly tried to avoid seeing Edge.
"I'll keep in touch." Holly wept, hugging Mike.
"You better!" he replied, though inside he was dying.
"I'll watch your matches too." She said.
"I love you." Mike said.
"I love you." Holly said, her voice wavering.
"If he touches you, you let me know."
"What can you do?" she shrugged sadly.
"I'll be on the first flight to Australia." Mike said in a serious tone.
"I'll miss you." She kissed him again.
Mike walked with her to wait for her flight. Mike didn't want the announcement to come, but it did.
"Flight 213 to Sydney, now boarding." The speaker system boomed.
Holly and Mike came together for one last passionate kiss. He looked on sadly as she and Edge boarded the plane. He stayed to watch the plane take off.
"Goodbye Holly." He whispered.
Back at the hotel bar, his friends were eager to cheer him up.
"Come on, have a drink!" John Cena said.
"No, I'm fine." Mike mumbled.
"Sweetie, I can't imagine how much your hurting." Mickie said, patting his shoulder.
"It really hurts." He shrugged, holding his head in his hands.
"Three weeks will pass in no time." Randy assured him.
"And she will call you." Maria reminded him.
Mike nodded and made his excuses to leave. He entered the hotel room, which seemed cold and empty now. Kicking off his shoes and stripping to his boxers, Mike lay in bed, stroking the empty space beside him.
"Holly." He sighed.
A week ago, he wasn't looking, and then he found her. Now the thing he wasn't looking for, he couldn't live without. She had been the most unexpected surprise. He knew that she was the one.
Rolling over, he grabbed his cell phone. He smiled as he looked at the picture he had taken earlier. Holly was sitting in the café this morning at breakfast. Her brunette waves sat over her coral coloured t-shirt and faded jeans. She was raising a mug of coffee in a mock toast. Mike smiled.
"I'll wait for her." He whispered to himself.
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(I'm going to put her bio up on my profile page.)